candidates to handle these issues. meanwhile, the senate majority leader, mitch mcconnell, of kentucky, issued this coded warning to his party this morning. >> it would be extremely helpful in holding the senate to carry purple states. and you can make your own conclusions about which candidates are most likely to carry purple states. >> matt schlapp, michele bachmann, the former u.s. congresswoman from minnesota, and steve king, a congressman from iowa. thank you all for joining us. what did you make of mitch mcconnell, congressman king, issuing kind of a warning. i don't think it was coded. he seemed to be warning his party members to not nominate certain people. what's he up to? >> i've said this for some time, that we have -- the publishment wing of the party, we all should be in the big republican tent with the constitutional conservatives, but it's always the establishment that drives the wedge. that is mitch mcconnell getting out the wedge and the hammer and